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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Samsung to Unveil its Smart Foldable Phone at CES in 2019

Samsung is likely to unveil at flagship smartphone -Foldable at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) happening in January 2019 at Las Vegas. According to a source, indicates that a selected number of vendors were given an early look at the device and also that Samsung’s director of Product Strategy and Marketing - Suzanne de Silva, had earlier confirmed that the new phone will be ready to hit stores in the first half of 2019.

Samsung flagship smartphones, the foldable phone will have limited availability in the initial stage. A Samsung representative has told Gizmodo that “the foldable device will launch by the first half of 2019 in select markets. We are currently ready for its mass production and expecting at least 1 million units to be produced.”

Samsung’s foldable phone which still doesn’t have a confirmed name, was shown at Samsung’s Developer Conference. It uses what the company calls an Infinity Flex Display which is a flexible OLED display with a 7.3-inch primary panel which once folded, converts into a regular phone form-factor with a 4.2-inch display. The second smaller display on the outside lights up when you fold the device and shows content as you would see on a regular smartphone. The panel which is on the inside can run up to three apps simultaneously using ‘multi active window’.

The new smartphone is also expected to carry a heavy price tag. Speculations suggest anything above the $1500 price mark and it is possible that the device will be launched in Samsung’s hometown first followed by the rest of the world.